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Letters Patent No.v 75,450, 0Zated 'March I0, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY RAKERS AND'I IOADIIRS.

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Be it known that I, W. T. NICHOLs, .of Rutland, in the cbunty of Rutland, and Stateof Vermont, have invented a new and useful vImprovement in Hay- Rake Wagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is `zi. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and opera-tion of the samepreference beingl had t'o the annexed drawings, making a partofvthis specication, in whichv Figure I is a top view with the' crank loading-frame.

Figure II is a sideview with the crank loading-frame.

FigureIII is a top view without the crank loading-frame.

AFigure IV is a. side view without-the crank loa'ding-ii'am'e.

a is the land driving-wheel of the loading-frame; b is the driving-pinion or gear attached to the land'drivingwheelof th'ecrankv loading-frame; c isthe pinion or gear attached to the crank-journal of the crank loadingframe; d isthe crank of the loading-frame; e is the rock-shaft of lthe loading-frame; fffff are the bars 4ofthe` crank loading-frame; -oo oo o. o o are upright teeth-in. the bars` of the loading-frame; z'is the connectingframe, carrying the fore wheels and clapperh, and-connecting with the rear part ofA the rake-wagon g q are the elastic supplementary teeth, made of steel, a's'sho'wn inFigaI and II, and of wood, as shown in`Figs. III and IV;A 9./ ql v1re the main Ateeth of the rake, forming,`with the supplementary ones,` q g, the bottom ofl the rake,A

when used. as 'a rake, and also the bott'omof the wagon when used as a wagon; z. is thel clapper to support the bottom g" g and gq above the ground when used as a wagon;'7c is therear frame to keep the hay from sliding o' the rear end; lis thebrace-rod to. hold the frame 7c in position; mis the tongue to which the draught vis applied; n n are wheels-set upon an axleas shown in Figs. I and II, or Vbetween the teeth 'g' g', as shown vin VFigs. IIIl and IV; p is the lifting-lever under the bottom of the rake.,y

lThe drawings will show the method of construction better than'words of description but inA general 'terms the rakefis composed of teeth g' g', about seventeen'fee't longgfiive inches Wide, byone inch thick, set upon their edges, and held together by a-suicientmnumber of stays, either by rods passing throughthenrr,` and blocks of -wood between each tooth, as shownjin Fig. I, or by flat pieces bolted upn the bottom edges, as shown in Fig. AIII. At. the front end of these teeth gf g! arethe` elastic or supplementary teeth,.q g, properly fastened, as shown l in the drawings, and when made of steel should be applied or attached upon the 'ends oflthe teeth, g g', es shown in Fig; I, and when madeof wood, should be fastened between theteeth g g', as shown in Fig. III.

When a wide rake is desired, say twenty feet in widthand for use upon level surfaces,the rake may. be

constructed as shown in Fig. III, with wooden supplementary elastic teethA placed between the inainteeth, and

with two wheels, say ten to fifteen inches in diameter, placed between the main teeth with short axles, as shown', the method allowing the use of several wheels,.with no large or heavy. axle to sustain them. g

Upon rough or hilly surfaces, a rake of the width above mentioned will be found to be impracticablefand hence a. rake, say ten feet wide by twenty feet long, would Ybe more desirable;. and for the purpose of getting more hay upon it than would naturally slide upon itf-with ylarger.1vheels,'the crank'loadingframe may be attached. Theland driving-wheel of said frame carries 'withiit-the pinion attached Ato it, which gears into vthe pinion upon the end of the crank-shaft, and hence gives the cranksa rotary motion in'the opposite direction to the movement oi' the rake. These cranks carry one end of theloading-frame bars, while the other ends of -scid' bars are carried by the rock-Qshaft e; hence as the 'cranks revolve these bars are brought Vabove the 'upper edges of the' teeth,npon which the hay rests, the upright teeth o o o o stick intox the hay, and by the further.

revolutiori'ofthe'cranks, the hayis carried backward upon the teeth, while thenext revolution repeats the same operation.

Theelastic supplementary teeth are used so`that as the load accumulates upon them, they will come hat lupon 'the ground, and leave the-stubble sticking up between` them, and the friction of the hay against the stubble will `cziliseit to slide backwards upon the rake. v

i Y When therake is suiciently loaded, the driver backs up his` team, and the lever p sticks into the ground and' raises lthe forward end ofthe rake above the clappenh, when the elapper falls, and the forward end of the rake rests upon -it, which loads the hay and converts the rake into a wagon, and the forward motion of the team.

krelieves the levcrp from the ground, and theload is ready to be drawn to its place of destination.

This improvement is in addition to and is designedto be used inconneetionwithra. hay-rake wagon, of which Letters Patent were granted to me, this 28th day of January, 1868-No. 73,747.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y v 1. The combination of the gathering and loading-rake g g', Ste., and the supplementary elastic teeth'g g, substantially asand for the purposesset forth and described.'

2. The combination of the vibrating gathering-1zrke,`and the auxiliary loading-frame ff, substantially as y set forth and described.

3. Driving the auxiliary loading-franefby the carrying-wheels a, Aor their equivalent', said wheels being attached to nd vibrating with thegathering-frame g' q', substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the land-wheel'a, pinions ZJ and c, cranks d, and rock-shaft e, substnntially as and for the purpose set forth. I

5. Themall wheels n n, located between the teeth q g@ and having their vbearing attached to said toe'th', substantially as set forth.

6. The connecting-frame z' z' z', attached to rakefrnme, as and for the purposes set forth and described.

W. 'l. NICHOLS.

Witnesses R. W. FnNwIcx, W. READ. 

